The Missing The Missing

The Missing

    • 3.9 • 336 Ratings
    • £2.99
    • £2.99

Publisher Description

‘The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it’
Fiona Barton, Author of THE WIDOW

You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them.

But should you…?

‘A twisty-turny psychological thriller … Well-written, pacy and gripping’ Fabulous

When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface.

Claire is sure of two things – that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance.

A mother's instinct is never wrong. Or is it?

Sometimes those closest to us are the ones with the most to hide…

"I was grabbed by this book from the first page and read the ending with an open mouth. I wish I could unread it so that I could go back and discover it again. Brilliant!"
Angela Marsons, Author of SILENT SCREAM

Reviews

Praise for The Missing:

‘No one does broken families and friendships like Cally Taylor and The Missing is no exception."
Sarah Hilary
Author of SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN

‘Kept me guessing till the end’ SUN

‘As with all her books, C. L. Taylor delivers real pace, and it’s a story that keeps calling the reader back – so much so that I read it from cover to cover in one day’
Rachel Abbott, author of SLEEP TIGHT

‘Shocking’ S Magazine *Must Haves*

‘An emotionally charged and heartbreaking read, C.L. Taylor is fast becoming the Queen of the dark domestic drama' S.J.I. Holliday

‘Dark, twisty and utterly gripping. Each time I thought I'd worked out what was going on, my expectations were turned on their head. I absolutely loved it!’ Lucy Clarke, author of THE BLUE

‘Kept me guessing all the way through to the brilliant end. This story of a mother trying to hold her family's lives together whilst desperately searching for her missing son, had me gripped, unsettled, wrong-footed and ultimately hugely satisfied’
Amanda Jennings, author of IN HER WAKE

‘WOW. Her best one yet! Absolutely could not put it down – brilliant!’ Lucy Diamond

"Dark, utterly gripping and had me ripping through the pages."
Jenny Blackhurst
Author of HOW I LOST YOU

"C.L. Taylor is the Queen of Just-One-More-Chapter Lit. I devoured this compelling novel about the secrets and lies at the dark heart of family life."
Tammy Cohen
Author of FIRST ONE MISSING

“Another winner from the hugely talented CL Taylor. The Missing is clever, twisty and a joy to read. The ending took my breath away.”
Mark Edwards
Author of FOLLOW YOU HOME

‘Secrets and lies within a family can be devious as well as heartbreaking. The Missing explores these themes brilliantly – a dark and gripping read that engrossed me from start to finish’
Mel Sherratt, author of THE ESTATE series

"Utterly compulsive reading"
Marnie Riches
Author of The GIRL WHO WOULDN'T DIE

‘Stunning! Her best yet’
Louise Douglas, author of THE SECRET BY THE LAKE

GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2016
7 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
512
Pages
PUBLISHER
Avon
SIZE
2.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Danixxxxxoxxxx ,

Gripping!

Couldn't put this book down. Read it in two days!

Debmoo ,

Slow

I love this author’s work, but this is a long and slow read. It has an element of misery to it from start to finish, and the pace is that of a snail… expected far more.

Jnnyj1971 ,

Predictable

Not up to the standard of some of her other books, “Missing” is dull, predictable and not particularly believable. None of the characters are likeable and I could find nothing that resonated

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